Dear AuntMinnie Member,
Growing numbers of women are becoming radiologists, and growing numbers of radiologists are using speech recognition technology.
What do these two seemingly unrelated trends have in common? A lot if you're a female radiologist, at least according to a new study presented this week at the annual meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) in Orlando.
In an article we're featuring this week in our Healthcare IT Digital Community, staff writer Wayne Forrest reports on a study presented at the conference that found that female radiologists using speech recognition software experienced higher error rates than male radiologists using the same software.
The researchers said the difference on average between men and women was significant, but it wasn't universal -- a woman had the lowest error rate among the radiologists participating in the study. Get the rest of the details by clicking here.
In another presentation at the ARRS show, Dr. Arl Van Moore Jr., chairman of the Board of Chancellors at the American College of Radiology in Reston, VA, provided an update on radiology's effort to get the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 overturned or delayed.
While a bill is working its way through the U.S. Congress, there's no assurance that the legislation will be passed, Van Moore said. And other threats to reimbursement for imaging procedures are on the horizon. Found out what they are by clicking here.
